MY ANCIENT EGYPT PROJECT ON
TUTANKHAMUN
CONTENTS
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Who was Tutankhamun?
Why is Tutankhamun the most famous of all the
pharaohs?
What is an ancient Egyptian tomb?
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What is Tutankhamum’s Death Mask?
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Why did the Ancient Egyptians stop building pyramids
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What did Tutankhamum do when he was alive and
how did he die?
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What is the Mummy's curse?
Who found Tutankamun’s tomb?
How is Tutankhamun’s funeral different to ours?
1. WHO WAS TUTANKHAMUN &
WHAT IS A PHAROAH?
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Tutankamun is one of the most famous
Pharoahs.
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Pharoah describes an “Ancient Egyptian
king”.
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Tutankamun was a boy king. He was only 9
years old when he became a pharaoh.
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He only ruled for 9 years (1336-1327 B.C.)
before he died.
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Tutankhamun’s dad was called Akhenaten.
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As a prince he was known as Tutankhaten.
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His nickname was King Tut.
2. WHY IS TUTANKHAMUN THE MOST
FAMOUS OF ALL THE PHARAOHS’?
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The reason that Tutankhamun is so famous is
because his tomb was only found quite
recently (less than 100 years ago),
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Lots of other Tombs that existed had been
opened and the treasure was missing.
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Tutankhamun’s Tomb was extra special
because it had not been opened before and it
still contained all of it’s treasure including the
beautiful Golden Death Mask.
WHAT IS AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
TOMB?
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A Tomb is the place where the Ancient
Egyptians put the bodies of the Pharoah’s
when they died. They also put lots of treasure
in their Tombs.
The Ancient Egyptians built the Pyramids as
Tombs for their Pharoahs.
They thought that the mummified body of the
pharaoh would turn into a God and live
forever. The tombs were built to protect the
Pharaoh's body and his treasures.
They liked to build the Pyramids large and tall
to show how important the Pharoah’s were.
The Pyramids
WHAT IS TUTANKHAMUM’S DEATH
MASK?
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Death Masks were used to cover the face of the
Pharoah that had died.
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The death mask was made to look like the person who
had died. They did this because they believed it would
help the spirit to recognise its body because it would be
wrapped up in bandages.
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Gold and precious jewels were used to make death
masks to show how important the person was.
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Tutankhamun’s Death
Mask
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This is what I would like
my Death Mask to look
like.
WHY DID THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
STOP BUILDING PYRAMIDS ?
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A problem with building a big pyramid was that
everybody knew that there would be treasure
inside. Lots of pyramids were broken into by
robbers who stole the treasure.
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The newer Ancient Egyptian Tombs, like
Tutankhamun’s were not as big and grand as
the old pyramids. This made them harder to
find and rob. This is probably the reason why
Tutankhamuns treasure was still inside when
it was discovered.
This is a picture of the
Entrance to Tutankhamuns
Tomb.
WHAT DID TUTANKHAMUM DO WHEN HE
WAS ALIVE AND HOW DID HE DIE?
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Tutankhamun was only a young boy. He did not make
many important decisions.
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His Tomb contained many things which gave some
clues about his life. It is thought he spent his time
hunting, swimming, and studying. His tomb also gave us
clues that he enjoyed board games. He did not really
understood about politics or religion.
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He may also have been quite a poorly child because
many walking sticks were found inside his tomb.
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King Tut died when he was about 19. There are lots of
ideas about how he died . Some people think he was
murdered and others believe he just got very poorly and
died. I think they found walking sticks because he may
have had a poorly leg. It might have got infected and
caused him to die because they didn’t have medicines
like we have today.
WHAT IS THE MUMMY'S CURSE?
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The Ancient Egyptians made up stories of a
curse to scare off any robbers.
They also wrote a message saying that
anyone opening the tomb will be cursed &
die.
Some people who were actually there
when the Tomb was opened died soon
after. It might have not have been the
curse but some people thought that the
curse had done it.
Poisonous plants were found in the tombs.
Some people who died might have been
poisoned by the plants. If people didn’t
know about the plants they would have
thought it was the curse that had done it.
I think all of this was done to scare people
so that they would not Rob the Tombs
I don’t think the Mummy’s curse is real.
WHO FOUND TUTANKAMUN’S
TOMB?
Tutankhamun's tomb was found 92
years ago (1922) in a place called
the Valley of the Kings. Lots of other
Tombs were found here.
 Tutankamun’s Tomb was found by
an English man called Howard Carter
 Howard Carter was an archaeologist.
He wanted to find out about how
people lived in ancient Egypt.
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Howard Carter
HOW IS TUTANKHAMUN’S FUNERAL
DIFFERENT TO FUNERALS TODAY?
Today, a Funeral is used to
celebrate the person who has died
and to say goodbye to them. There
are many different Funerals
depending upon what religion the
person believed in. Songs are sung
and prayers are said.
 Tutankhamun did not have a
funeral like we have today. The
mummifying of his body was like
their Funeral.
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THE END
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